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Consider the impact of Digital History on the construction of history…
Consider the impact of Digital History on the construction of history
Public History
Makes history more accessible to the public
JSTOR brings academic history to the public
Study of history
Must be peer-reviewed
Somewhat reliable
Approaches to history
Digital history has expanded the audience of history, over the years
Anyone can now access forms of history (public, popular and academic)
World view of history
Access to global information and perspectives
NEGATIVE
Suggestions tailored to what you look at
EXAMPLE
Eva's story
Instagram stories of the Holocaust
Based on the diary of a Jewish girl during the Holocaust period
POSTIVE
Accessible, less confronting = humanises it
Marxism/Post-colonialism
Gives a voice to the minorities
NEGATIVE
Reliablity
No process of filtration of information
Unethical
Is it actually okay to pretend to be someone who is dead? Authority of the historian is questioned
Popular History
Books, films and podcasts etc.
Has been broadened with digital history
Forms of public and academic history have been embedded through social media posts etc.
Academic History
JSTOR
Has become accessible to the general public
Allowed people to 'construct' their own 'history'
Impact of Digital History
Evolution of technology has allowed public history to consist of elements from other 'types' of history
e.g. Public, academic and popular etc.
More people are able to 'construct' history through the worldwide web
Issues of Digital History
Reliability
Anyone can write history
Even change history
Online suggestions
Social media recommends/suggestions videos, photos etc. based on previous searches
HER STORY APP
Place phone over history books and mens photos
Replaces with a women's story
'Replaces' the historical story of a man with one of a woman
Possible 'removal' of history
EXAMPLE(S)
Crash Course
Use of illustration, art and film
Re-shapes history and accessibility of audience
Enables globalisation
Famous Books App
Digitalisation of Bavarian Library
Accessibility of academic artefacts
Not accessible in state library
Academic and public history
High quality images
Our World In Data
Presents history through graphs, table, visual form about history
Reflects changing approaches
Accessibility
Eva's story
Humanitieses Holocaust
Unethical dimensions regarding authority of historian due to post-modernism